{"product_id":"honey-in-the-wound-trade-paperback","title":"Honey In The Wound (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lyrical and suspenseful debut novel about a mysteriously gifted Korean family confronting the brutality of the Japanese empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA sister disappears and returns as a tiger. A mother’s voice compels the truth from any tongue. A granddaughter divines secrets in others’ dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpanning ninety years as one family is displaced across Asia, this novel follows Young-Ja, who finds herself struggling to survive after her family is killed by Japanese soldiers. The magical gift that once brought her joy - the ability to infuse her cooking with her feelings: love, peace, delight - transforms into something more powerful as her sorrow and anger seeps into her confections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen her talent is noticed by a Korean resistance fighter, she’s taken to Manchuria where she becomes enmeshed in a network of spies at a teahouse favoured by Japanese officials. Haunted at every turn by the spectre of Japanese soldiers, she endures horrors and brutality at the hands of the Imperial Army.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith spellbinding inter-generational sweep and atmospheric magical realism,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eHoney in the Wound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eexplores the ways colonialism forces one family to transform, and ultimately survive.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jiyoung Han","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46990662271154,"sku":"9781786587329","price":395.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781786587329.webp?v=1773052718","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/honey-in-the-wound-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}